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Planned Parenthood in Durango dives into education effort

New campaign aims to clarify health care provider’s mission

DATE: Dec 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Free health insurance application assistance available

La Plata Family Centers Coalition and the Archuleta County Department of Human Services will offer free health insurance consultations with trained enrollment specialists from 9 a.m. to 2 p....

DATE: Dec 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Senior swimmer Katherine Kronwall is floating high on life

Forest Lakes resident Katherine Kronwall started swimming at the ripe age of 64. Sixteen years later, she is still at it, scooping up medals in her age bracket at senior events across the co...

DATE: Dec 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fatty liver disease can wage a silent war on your liver

One of the secrets to great health is a healthy liver. Modern living and lifestyle habits are very hard on this multitasking organ, and we are seeing the effects of this in the increasing pr...

DATE: Oct 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Green Medicine

3 sex-spread diseases hit another record high, CDC says

NEW YORK – Infections from three sexually spread diseases have hit another record high. Chlamydia was the most common. More than 1.5 million cases were reported in the U.S. last y...

DATE: Oct 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Stress reduction workshop offered Saturday

Conflict solutions consultant, Aikido instructor and martial arts practitioner Thomas Holmes will present a Stress Reduction class from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Durango Community Recreat...

DATE: Oct 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Don’t expect Fitbits to improve health, help drop pounds

LONDON – Wearing a fitness tracker may help you keep tabs on how many steps you take, but the devices themselves – even with the lure of a cash reward – probably won’t improve your health, a...

DATE: Oct 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Crowdsourcing effort takes aim at deadliest breast cancers

CHICAGO – Forget the pink ribbons. Spitting in a tube for science is what unites a growing group of breast cancer patients taking part in a unique project to advance treatment for the deadli...

DATE: Oct 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Walking is medicine? It helped high-risk seniors stay mobile

WASHINGTON – It’s not too late to get moving: Simple physical activity – mostly walking – helped high-risk seniors stay mobile after disability-inducing ailments even if, at 70 and beyond, t...

DATE: Sep 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Mother uncovers lasting impact of baby son’s organ donation

‘I don’t think people understand how valuable these donations are’

DATE: Sep 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Health clinics promote proper diets

Chicago-area food banks work with medical providers

DATE: Sep 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Drug-resistant germs cause alarm, prompt UN meeting

NEW YORK – World leaders are pushing to end the overuse of antibiotics and to encourage the development of new medicines, driven by concern that drug-resistant germs could lead to millions o...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health